Did your solicitor lie to you?

BarelySentientAI

Debbie9009 said:

BarelySentientAI said:

Debbie9009 said:

Tiglet2 said:

Debbie9009 said:

I needed to complete within 6 weeks of the offer, I spoke to them before instructing to make sure this would work for them as I knew it was a tight time scale and was told it wouldn’t be a problem at all.

A solicitor will never make such promises.  All they can (and do) say is that they will do their best to meet the deadline, but deadlines can never be guaranteed because they cannot control how timely third parties respond to their enquiries.

The solicitors exact words in response to the question can we complete in 6 weeks were “ yes we can absolutely do that” I would count that as a promise.

I wouldn't.

I'd hear that as "yes, if everything goes right and there are no delays in the process, 6 weeks is doable."

Really ? Where in what the solictor said does it say all of that, if the solicitor meant yes if everything goes right etc. then that is what they should have said, not yes we can absolutely do that. 

Where in what the solicitor said does it say "I guarantee that no matter what happens, hell or high water, act of god or global apocalypse, we will not go past 6 weeks"?

You've read that in there - it's your interpretation.

English is a vague language sometimes, open to differing interpretations.  If someone from another city asked me "can you be here in an hour", then I might reply "yes, absolutely".  If I then hit traffic or a road was closed, I haven't broken some sort of cast-iron promise if I arrive after 70 minutes.

RHemmings

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

Tiglet2

RHemmings said:

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

If it helps, I actually worked for a conveyancing factory and when I bought and sold last year, I instructed a solicitor firm that I had dealt with at work rather than use my own firm. With a staff discount still not tempting enough to take the risk I paid double what my own firm would have charged a client. Worth every penny! 

TheJP

RHemmings said:

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

Its a forum where people share their lived experiences to help others who may not have the know how, experience or generally have complete unicorn expectations on in this case buying/selling a house.

Selling/buying a house will have different costs due to the nature of what you are buying.

A solicitor can say we will work towards your deadline but issues will always come up in these types of transactions which often are out of their hands. Remember there are 2 sets of buyer/seller and 2 sets of solicitors...

badger09

Tiglet2 said:

RHemmings said:

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

If it helps, I actually worked for a conveyancing factory and when I bought and sold last year, I instructed a solicitor firm that I had dealt with at work rather than use my own firm. With a staff discount still not tempting enough to take the risk I paid double what my own firm would have charged a client. Worth every penny! 

That says it all really. 

newsgroupmonkey_

Tiglet2 said:

RHemmings said:

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

If it helps, I actually worked for a conveyancing factory and when I bought and sold last year, I instructed a solicitor firm that I had dealt with at work rather than use my own firm. With a staff discount still not tempting enough to take the risk I paid double what my own firm would have charged a client. Worth every penny! 

My wife was offered the same deal with a huge company that's "recommended" by estate agents. In fact, compared with the solicitor we used, despite her getting a 50% (I think?) discount, it came in around the same price.

Said conveyancing factory are regularly slated in here.

subjecttocontract

Ask for the premium service......it costs around an extra £100. You get treated as a priority and normally it's worth every penny of the extra cost.

Trying to get it done as cheap as possible or using the firm that offers a discount or a non recommended local conveyancing firm.......it will likely result in extreme annoyance, stress and delay.

There isn't a magic bullet but paying for a premium service gives you a chance of satisfaction.

Hoenir

TheJP said:

RHemmings said:

Hey everyone. This is a money saving site. You're supposed to make me feel bad about paying more than anyone else did for my solicitors. Not good. 

Its a forum where people share their lived experiences to help others who may not have the know how, experience or generally have complete unicorn expectations on in this case buying/selling a house.

Selling/buying a house will have different costs due to the nature of what you are buying.

A solicitor can say we will work towards your deadline but issues will always come up in these types of transactions which often are out of their hands. Remember there are 2 sets of buyer/seller and 2 sets of solicitors...

Possibly even more across the entire chain.